Chapter 236
After the first war council meeting, the nobles, who had been busy increasing and collecting taxes from their fiefs, couldn’t help but furrow their brows upon seeing the recruitment notice for the army put forth by the royal direct jurisdiction.
“Raising armies with the taxes is meant to stabilize the kingdom?”
“Is the king out of his mind?”
“More to the point, what does he plan to do with such a sizable army? Even the established forces of Clan Maclaine and Esperanza are formidable…”
And such trepidations brought many of them together in one place.
“Thank you for the invitation, Count.”
“Oh, Sir Hamel, you’ve arrived at the right time.”
Jack Juan greeted the noble who had come to pay his respects and quickly turned away with a smooth smile. Although the meeting had been called under serious circumstances, he was quite pleased. Due to the king’s repeated misrule, the nobles had found a focal point, and it happened to be himself.
‘The king is foolish. How he ever came to be called a hero is beyond me.’